University of Hyderabad ranks 10th in ARIIA 2020

The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has been ranked 10th in the prestigious institutes of National Importance and central universities category in the Union Education Ministry’s Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2020 that were released by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday.

The UoH is the only Central University in the list of top institutes of national importance and ranked first among the central universities. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras stood in the first place followed by the IITs at Mumbai and Delhi.

The ARIIA is an initiative of Union Ministry of Education Government of India to systematically rank all major higher educational institutions and universities in India



on indicators related to “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development” amongst students and faculties.

According to the UoH, the varsity has made a good beginning in creating the Innovation ecosystem and established section-8 company ASPIRE (Association for Scientific Pursuits for Innovative Research Enterprises) to support and coordinate the Innovation and Entrepreneurship activities of the university.

Responding to this ranking, UoH Vice-Chancellor Prof. Appa Rao Podile said, “The achievement will inspire us to encourage high-quality research, innovation and entrepreneurship. It will set the tone and direction for future development of the university to be globally competitive and be in the forefront of innovation”.